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2 years ago

BF 4 doesnt open in ea

I cant play BF4 i bought it yesterday and downloaded it at the same day i tried to play it i was so exicted but then BF4 did not open/launch the ea app just like turned off and turned on and it does the same thing every time so please help i just wanna play the game.

I tried origin's latest version that didnt work cause of error 20:230 smh like that

i tried older version just gives me the update to ea thing tried reinstalling verifying etc. etc.

So ye pls help.

My steam and discord here if u want to contact me

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Discord: P6ND9#7928

Its my second post cause everybody seems to be ignoring it

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  • A couple suggestions that hopefully will help:

    Have you tried running it from the install folder, rather than the EA app?  

    Run the EA app, but then go to your install folder and run the launcher as administrator (right click > Run As Administrator)  i.e  the executable is installed here on my PC, yours of course is most likely different, but since I'm unsure of your computer experience just being a bit detailed: "F:\Origin Games\Battlefield 4\BFLauncher_x86.exe"  

    I run it through Steam as a non-Steam game since I purchased it on Origin years ago.  

    You might also try running the EA app as administrator as well.  

  • https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

    Try install Microsoft visual c++ 2013 x64 12.0

    It is what I did and battlefield 4 after worked for me. I would recommend repairing the game first.

    Step 1) Install the EA app where you can download and buy games (If you bought bf4 from the EA site directly, they force you with this option as origin is no longer supported)

    step 2) I recommend after installing bf4 on the EA app, to then repair it. Click on the library tab then click on the 3 dots on the top right on the battlefield 4 game. Click repair and wait for it to repair.

    step 3) While it is repairing install ' microsoft visual c++ 2013 x64 12.0 from the link I gave (MAKE SURE TO INSTALL THIS VERSION, battlefield 4 came out in 2013 anyways so it makes sense too)

    step 4) only after battlefield 4 is repaired (unless you had to reinstall it, because you never had it on the EA app) then restart your computer (assuming you installed microsoft visual c++2013 x64 12.0 as well.

    Step 5) Launch abttlefield 4 and hopefully enjoy as I do.

    If nothing works and you went through all these steps, simply set battlefield 4 (only if you install through the EA app) to run in windows 8 in properties- compatibility- run as. If this still doesn't work, then just set as administrator (found in same place to set windows 8 mode)

    Hounestly if it doesn't work, my only other hypothesis is that your system is not compatible for the game itself (I highly doubt that, seeing as the game specifically states what it needs to run) 

    I am running this thing on an intel IRIS Xe IGPU, intel core i7 1165g7 , 8gb ram ddr4 3200mhz, 1 tb hard drive. So that says something (granted on lowest settings which I shouldn't be as my specs are okay to run the game in ultra at 36fps..yes exactly) anyways this is the only thing I can suggest to do. FOLLOW IT AS IT HELPED ME!

  • I did what u said but it still didnt work my system is capable of running battlefield 4 i can ensure u that 

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